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[$20 Bond Against Sanchez, Benavides, and Salinas]

Description: Text of a bond statement testifying that M. Sanchez (principal), R. Benavides and J. J. Salinas (seconds) will pay $20 to the chief justice in Webb County as a fine for violating an ordinance that regulates straying animals in Laredo, Texas.
Date: August 24, 1860
Creator: Sanchez, Margarito; Benavides, Refugio & Salinas, Juan José
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[$500 Bond Issued June 28, 1866]

Description: $500 mortgage bond presented to Henry G. Northon and Virgil Whitcomb by Antonio López de Santa Anna using property and palaces in Mexico as security.
Date: June 28, 1866
Creator: Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Address label for C. B. Moore, December 27, 1865]

Description: An address label from the C. B. Moore Collection. It includes Moore's name, the city he lived in at the time, the county and state, as well as the date. The label is stuck on a fragment of an envelope.
Date: December 27, 1865
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Advertisement for the Grand National Concert, August 2, 1866]

Description: Advertisement for the Grand National Concert, a benefit for the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Home Fund. This benefit was held at the Grover's Theater in Washington, D. C. on August 2, 1866. The advertisement states that 300,000 tickets were for sale at $1.00 each and 75,000 presents, valued at $250,000.00, were also available for sale to benefit this fund.
Date: August 2, 1866
Creator: The Soldiers' and Sailors' Union
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Advertisement for the Grand National Concert, August 2, 1866]

Description: Advertisement for the Grand National Concert, a benefit for the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Home Fund. This benefit was held at the Grover's Theater in Washington, D. C. on August 2, 1866. The advertisement states that 300,000 tickets were for sale at $1.00 each and 75,000 presents, valued at $250,000.00, were also available for sale to benefit this fund.
Date: August 2, 1866
Creator: The Soldiers' and Sailors' Union
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People]

Description: An agreement for the sale of multiple enslaved people of the following names and ages: Adam (25), Major (25), Tom (25), Charley (18), James (18), Hannibal (16), Charles (15), Julius (15), Ned (14), Samuel (14), Sandy (14), Scott (7), Frank (7), Mason (4), Mayo (4), Lucinda (26), Mary (18). Eliza (22), Catherine (14), Francis (12), Matty (10), Rovina (10), Martha (9), Joanna (7), Louis (15), Richard (14), Nash (18), and Marella & child.
Date: January 1, 1864
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Agreement Regarding Fort McIntosh Houses]

Description: Statement signed by the Laredo city council and a representative of homeowners stating that the city will buy houses near Fort McIntosh, based on a council resolution passed July 10, 1860.
Date: July 1860
Creator: Laredo (Tex.)
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Alderman Oath of Office]

Description: Statement outlining the oath of office for an alderman of the city of Laredo, signed by Gervasio de León and witnessed by Francisco Farias.
Date: January 31, 1867
Creator: de León, Gervasio
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Announcement of Land Auction]

Description: Notice issued by the Laredo city council that there will be an auction to sell a land parcel known as "El Chacón."
Date: January 14, 1861
Creator: Laredo (Tex.)
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Appraisal of Homes at Fort McIntosh]

Description: Statement written by a committee in Laredo, Texas assessing homes in Fort McIntosh, with a list of houses and value amounts , as well as an additional sheet containing names and tallies.
Date: July 11, 1860
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Bill of sale]

Description: Bill of sale from Ambrose D. Harper to Alexander Simon for two negro slaves
Date: January 13, 1862
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Bill of Sale from John D. Adkins to David C. Dickson]

Description: Deed of sale for a "negro girl" from John D. Adkins to David C. Dickson. This deed acknowledges the sale and Adkins states that she is "to be sound in body and mind and a slave for life."
Date: September 7, 1860
Creator: Adkins, John D.
Partner: Two Rivers Historical Foundation

[A. C. Lenert Memorandum Book]

Description: Photocopy of a handwritten memorandum book written by A. C. Lenert documenting his experiences as a member of Waul’s Texas Legion at the battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Date: 1862/1865
Creator: Lenert, A. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Causes of National Prosperity and Decline

Description: Speech given by O.A. Fisher regarding the possibility of civil war in the United States. In it, he proposes that righteousness is the cause of national prosperity and sin the cause of national decline and blames politicians for disregarding God.
Date: 1861~
Creator: Fisher, Orceneth, 1803-1880
Partner: Southwestern University

[Certificate of the Election to Adjutant for John Patterson Osterhout]

Description: Certificate of the election to adjutant of the 23rd Battalion of the Texas State Troops for John Patterson Osterhout. It was part of a rally for troops for the Civil War and the certificate was signed by the governor, Francis Richard Lubbock, and the Secretary of State.
Date: September 23, 1863
Creator: Lubbock, Francis Richard
Partner: Austin College

[Certificate of Voter Registration for John Patterson Osterhout]

Description: Certificate of voter registration for John Patterson Osterhout in Austin county. Chief Justice of Austin county, C. B. Oney, testified that John fulfilled the oath of amnesty and John Campbell, county clerk, attested to the registration.
Date: October 31, 1865
Creator: Oney, C. B.
Partner: Austin College

[City Accounts, 1860]

Description: Account balances for the city of Laredo, written out by the treasurer and signed by the mayor.
Date: July 2, 1860
Creator: Sidwile, Miguel
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[City Council Notes, November 1861]

Description: Notes describing a city council session regarding taxes paid to the state and county. A later statement at the end of the document announces that elections will be held on December 9, 1861.
Date: {1861-11-13,1861-11-26}
Creator: Laredo (Tex.)
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Clothing account request, March 8, 1865]

Description: Letter requesting that the descriptive list and clothing accounts for Maus V. V. Washburn, who is a patient in the Cuyler U. S. Army General Hospital in Philadelphia, be forwarded to the Medical Director's Office in Philadelphia as he was admitted with nothing.
Date: March 8, 1865
Creator: Kendall, T. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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